LA-MC-ICPMS is a new facility, setup in December 2013 in the Geochronology & Isotope Geology Division, Kolkata. The facility consists of (a)
Nu Plasma-II MC-ICPMS from M/S Nu Instruments, UK and (b) 193nM NWR Laser Ablation unit from M/S New wave Research, USA.
The Nu Plasma-II system is composed of three primary components: (i) an inductively coupled plasma ion source, where ions are produced,
accelerated, and focused; (ii)an analyzer, where the ions are focused and filtered to produce a beam in which the ions have the same approximate
energy and can be separated based on their mass/charge ratios and (iii) a series of fixed collectors, where the ion beams are measured simultaneously.

Standard Operating Procedure

Capabilities:

High Precision Isotopic Analyses of a large range of Elements with the help of multi collector enabling simultaneous detection of isotopic ratios

Presently zircon U-Pb-Hf analysis using laser ablation and Pb and Sr isotopic analysis in solution mode are being carried out in the instrument.

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